Indiana officer's outtakes from portrait with K-9 dog partner go viral
His K-9 partner named Kenobi wouldn't stop licking his face.
— -- An Indiana conservation officer had a little trouble posing for his recent staff photo. But that’s because his K-9 partner, Kenobi, refused to stop licking his face.
The outtakes from officer Levi Knach’s photo shoot are going viral thanks to Kenobi’s wonderful attempts to steal the show.
![PHOTO: Indiana Conservation Officer Levi Knach's K-9 dog partner wouldn't stop licking his face during his work portraits.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Lifestyle/HT-Indiana-conservation-officer-01-rc-170210.jpg)
“Kenobi is cute, but make no mistake - he is a trained, working officer and can track people and locate a variety of objects ranging from venison to ginseng,” Indiana State Parks wrote in a Facebook post, which now has 2,400 likes.
![PHOTO: Indiana Conservation Officer Levi Knach's K-9 dog partner wouldn't stop licking his face during his work portraits.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Lifestyle/HT-Indiana-conservation-officer-03-rc-170210.jpg)
The post said that one of Kenobi’s jobs is to find ginseng when someone has illegally harvested it.
![PHOTO: Indiana Conservation Officer Levi Knach's K-9 dog partner wouldn't stop licking his face during his work portraits.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Lifestyle/HT-Indiana-conservation-officer-04-rc-170210_4x5_992.jpg)
He’s also apparently very good at showing some puppy love to Knach, who works in the state's Department of Nature Resources.
![PHOTO: Indiana Conservation Officer Levi Knach's K-9 dog partner wouldn't stop licking his face during his work portraits.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Lifestyle/HT-Indiana-conservation-officer_split_4x3_992.jpg)
After all the adorable outtakes, the patient photographer was finally able to snap a perfect photo of the dynamic duo side by side.